Monuments

The Igreja da Misericórdia in Moncorvo was built in the 16th century. It has a sober-looking exterior, in which the most notable feature is the simply decorated Renaissance doorway.

For some time, the building was used as the meeting place for the Mesa da Misericórdia (a charitable board) and more recently as a women´s prison.

Consisting of just one nave, the church´s interior has the interesting feature of two side galleries with pulpits, which are reached by granite stairways placed in the middle of the church. It is well worth going inside in order to appreciate two extremely valuable works: the retable of the high altar and the granite pulpit. The retable, made of carved and gilded wood, is an 18th-century feature. Its decorative features and overall structure, marked by the shallow, central niche, identify this work of art as belonging to what is known as the "national style", referring to a type of altar decoration that is very frequently found in churches in inland Portugal.

On the side altar, we can see another retable of painted and carved wood, although this one has a much more modest decorative style. Close to the triumphal arch is the valuable octagonal Renaissance pulpit, made of granite and carved in a most delicate and meticulous manner.